Stalin World
Trip Start
Aug 23, 1996
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Trip End
Ongoing
After leaving Trakai, we headed off South. We had 115 K's to reach what could possibly be Liths best kept secret. Some know it as Gruto Parkas, but I only knew of it as Stalin World !!!
Stalin World
Think of Stalin, and you think of how he came from Georgia. Think of Lenin, and you think of, now where did he actually come from ??? But nobody thinks of Liths, but there was one guy, a mushroom farmer who had a few entrepreneurial thoughts, sold his idea to the Government, and Bobs your uncle, truck loads of old Soviet statues appeared !!!
We paid, we entered and everywhere we went were statues of Lenin. He was in loads of different poses. Standing, sitting, looking gay and many others. There were two Stalins, loads of other old Soviet heros including Kapsukas, Marx, Engels and some other guy who was described as a radical bell ringer and Gagarin even made a couple appearances !!! And all around the outside, there was barbed wire and guards posts. Apparently, it was meant to make you feel like you were in an old gulag !!! Trust me, it didn't !!!
After running around for a couple of hours, we ended up in the kiddies zoo. There was a two humped camel, and then I heard a Lith say kangaroo. Actually, it was a wallaby, but these fuckers thought I was fucked when I tried to point this out !!! Realistically, I felt sorry for it. I wanted it to hop over the fence and keep on going to safety in either Poland or Belarus !!! But then again, if it went to either, it would most probably get eaten !!!
And then it was time to leave as we had a slow drive to Kaunas
And Finally
Was it worth the drive? Yes. Were we the only Westy tourists? Yes. Are you all impressed? Fuck knows, but I sure was
Stalin World
Think of Stalin, and you think of how he came from Georgia. Think of Lenin, and you think of, now where did he actually come from ??? But nobody thinks of Liths, but there was one guy, a mushroom farmer who had a few entrepreneurial thoughts, sold his idea to the Government, and Bobs your uncle, truck loads of old Soviet statues appeared !!!
We paid, we entered and everywhere we went were statues of Lenin. He was in loads of different poses. Standing, sitting, looking gay and many others. There were two Stalins, loads of other old Soviet heros including Kapsukas, Marx, Engels and some other guy who was described as a radical bell ringer and Gagarin even made a couple appearances !!! And all around the outside, there was barbed wire and guards posts. Apparently, it was meant to make you feel like you were in an old gulag !!! Trust me, it didn't !!!
After running around for a couple of hours, we ended up in the kiddies zoo. There was a two humped camel, and then I heard a Lith say kangaroo. Actually, it was a wallaby, but these fuckers thought I was fucked when I tried to point this out !!! Realistically, I felt sorry for it. I wanted it to hop over the fence and keep on going to safety in either Poland or Belarus !!! But then again, if it went to either, it would most probably get eaten !!!
And then it was time to leave as we had a slow drive to Kaunas
And Finally
Was it worth the drive? Yes. Were we the only Westy tourists? Yes. Are you all impressed? Fuck knows, but I sure was


Comments
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Random
Honestly...
What an interesting idea for a business plan.
Yep, I agree with you too Rich, totally random.
Louise
Re: Honestly...
And isn't that the fun thing of being a tourist. Finding places that others don't go to